#Sidney's Picks: Walmart "Black Friday" Strike Edition

Walmart workers vowed to strike or protest at over 1000 stores nationwide this Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. This week on Sidney’s Picks we bring you the coverage of the strike and commentary on this historic action.

Think we have to choose between cheap tube socks and fair wages? Think again. A report by the policy shop Demos shows that the nation’s retailers could boost the salaries of their lowest-paid full-time employees to $25,000 a year, lifting 700,000 people out of poverty, by raising prices just 1%.